The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has published a map showing where two strong earthquakes shook southern Japan ...

Two moderate earthquakes struck off Japan's northeastern coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey said — a magnitude 5.5 tremor about 39 miles east of Onagawa Chō and a magnitude 5.0 quake roughly 38 ...

TOKYO: A Japanese government panel has revised its estimate of the chances of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, off ...

Though the active volcano has been dormant for over 300 years, the videos released this week are meant to prepare the ...

As catastrophic as the 2011 northern Japan quake and tsunami was—killing more than 15,000 people and causing more than $200 billion in economic damages—in a way, the country was lucky. Tokyo, a city ...

A Japanese government panel said Friday it now thinks that a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60 pct to 94.5 pct or higher within the next 30 years. In its ...

TOKYO -- Hotel rates in Tokyo have fallen for the first time in two years and nine months, with July's down more than 2% on the year as demand shifted to Osaka for the World Expo and online rumors ...

The probability of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has been revised from 80 percent to a ...

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% ...